.J. Abrams is busy with movie spinoffs of former TV hits ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ but he remains a major presence on TV. He’s producing four series this season, including Fox’s futuristic police drama ‘Almost Human,’ launching Sunday, and NBC’s ‘Believe,’ (pictured here‚ due in March. Click forward for highlights from his TV career. Eric Liebowitz, NBC

'Felicity' (WB, 1998-2002) | High school grad Felicity Porter (Keri Russell) follows her crush Ben (Scott Speedman, right) to the fictional University of New York, where Noel (Scott Foley, second left) interferes. WB

Alias (ABC, 2001-2006)
Post-collegiate spy Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) turns double agent for a branch of the CIA to bring down the evil SD-6, with the help of her estranged dad (Victor Garber). Scott Garfield, ABC

Lost (ABC, 2004-2010)
Plane crash survivors are
marooned on an island that is anything but tranquil in this twisty, character-driven saga with a large ensemble cast. It marked Abrams’ biggest TV hit. ABC

'Undercovers' (NBC, 2010) | In what was billed as a "modern-day 'Hart to Hart,' Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw played CIA agents-turned-caterers who were reactivated by their former spymasters. NBC aired just 11 episodes of the series. Art Streiber, NBC

'Alcatraz' (Fox, 2012) | In this midseason replacement from 'Lost' writer/producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, federal agents (Sam Neill and Sarah Jones) enlisted the help of an Alcatraz expert ('Lost' star Jorge Garcia) to track down prisoners who vanished in 1963. It was canceled that May. David Moir, Fox